Anduril has secured a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $2.9 billion to support submarine production, marking a significant expansion beyond its established focus on autonomous drones and other defense t
US spy chief tapped as White House AI czar
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President Donald Trump appointed Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the White House’s AI czar, giving him leadership of a new “Super Intelligence Force.” The task force will coordinate t
President Donald Trump has appointed Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the White House’s new AI czar. Trump said Clayton will lead a “Super Intelligence Force” intended to keep the Unit
The Pentagon has announced plans for a new four-star combatant command, tentatively called Autonomous Warfare Command (AUTOWARCOM), focused on integrating autonomous and robotic systems across the U.S
Emil Michael, the top Pentagon official overseeing military artificial intelligence policy, has sold millions of dollars’ worth of stock in another AI-related company, according to newly reviewed fina
A U.S. district court judge largely ruled in favor of Anthropic in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to block the company’s AI products from government use. In a 59-page decis
The Pentagon and White House held the first “Drone Dominance” event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, bringing together nearly 100 representatives from about 40 drone-related companies and
China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
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Over the weekend, several Trump administration AI advisers publicly attacked leading US AI companies while debating how to respond to Kimi, a free open-source model released by Chinese firm Moonshot.
The Pentagon has awarded $86 million in other transaction agreements to nLIGHT Defense and Lockheed Martin Aculight to advance directed energy weapons for the Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS) program.
The Pentagon is preparing to spend $50 billion on drone warfare as it seeks to build “drone dominance” quickly and at scale. At a demonstration at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, officials showed how fast dr
A federal judge in California has blocked the Pentagon's attempt to label the AI company Anthropic as a "supply chain risk," stating that such actions infringe on the company's constitutional rights.
In the March 6 episode of "All-In," hosts Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg welcome Under Secretary of War Emil Michael to discuss the ongoing U.S. conflict with
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed that his company shares the same ethical "red lines" as Anthropic concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the Pentagon, specifically rejecting applica
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday to allow the Pentagon unrestricted access to its AI model, Claude, or face severe consequences. In a tense meeting, Heg
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GAO: Pentagon and Services Need to Get on Same Page for Tech
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A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report emphasizes the need for alignment between the Pentagon and military services regarding technology priorities. It recommends that the Pentagon's C
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has initiated a two-year "patent holiday," offering free licenses for a selection of its patents to stimulate innovation in the defense industry, particularly
The War Department has announced the first round of Fiscal Year 2026 Army Projects for the Future (APFIT), marking a significant milestone in defense project funding and development. This initiative a
From lasers to logistics: Pentagon CTO announces top six tech priorities
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Pentagon CTO Emil Michael announced a significant reduction in technology priorities from 14 to six, aiming to concentrate resources on critical research and development projects that can yield result
The U.S. War Department has launched the GenAI.mil platform, featuring Google Cloud's Gemini for Government, to enhance AI capabilities across the military. This initiative aims to create an "AI-first